NME’s latest stars of The Cover, Julie, have shared an exclusive playlist to accompany the story’s launch – check it out below.
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The California nu-gaze trio are on this week’s (September 23) edition of The Cover, a renewal of NME’s commitment to supporting emerging talent across the globe on a weekly basis. Every week, a rising artist will feature on The Cover – you can read the profile of Julie here, written by Jonathan Garrett and featuring photography by David Milan Kelly.
Accompanying the story is an exclusive playlist Julie have compiled of songs that sound like ‘sobs and falling jets of water’. The playlist features songs by Justice, Bar Italia, Patsy Cline, Dry Cleaning, New Order, Elliott Smith, and more.
Listen to the full playlist on Spotify below and on Apple Music.
Julie’s appearance on The Cover follows the release of their debut album ‘My Anti-Aircraft Friend’, the current culmination of a dizzying journey for the band. When they released their debut single ‘Flutter’ in 2020, they had one simple aim. “You know how Spotify has that ‘less than’ sign for songs that have less than 1,000 listens?” guitarist and vocalist Keyan Pourzand asks NME rhetorically. “We all just said: ‘Please let us have more than that.’”
Since then, the band have become one of the premier picks among a crop of young groups influenced by shoegaze, signing a major label deal with Atlantic Records and opening for heavy hitters like Alex G, Faye Webster and Foo Fighters. For their Cover story, Julie reflect on their story so far and share their feelings on the shoegaze tag they’ve been bestowed with. “It’s cool because it’s helped us grow, but I think we’re getting a little sick and tired of it,” Pourzand says.
Find out more about Julie in the full Cover story here and see who else has been on The Cover here.
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